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! < * - 8 THE NOttKOUC NEWS : FRIDAY , NOVEMBER 20. 1903. IF Carries Fifty No. 3 Shot in His Back and Hands. 6ANTEES TANGLED IN A MIX-UP. Ono Old Duck Llca at the Point of Denth Because of n Row Over Cards , Another H.io a Drokcn Rib nnd Six ty-Five Will QO to Omaha Monday. Nlobrarn , Neb , Nov. 11. From a Staff OorroHpondnnt : With Ilfty No. 8 liind tihotH pli'rc'lni ; both hlH InuiilH nnd gashing the renter of IIH ! back , Bmllli Whlpplo , an Indian on tlio Santee - too rouorvatlon , Ili'a at Iho point of death.an a result of an all round row In which MOHOHVhtpplo opened llro. The trouble came over a game of cards at the rosorvatlon. DoHlihm the torrlblo Bhootlng of Smith Whlpplo , Can-in Whlpplo was almost beaten to donth and Is mifforlm ; from a brok en rib and olhor Horloiia wonnilH. Hnd Dccn Drinking. The Indlaim had boon drinking and Amos Xlmmcnnnn wnn tiUo arnmlod. MOHOH Whlpplo , the man who did the Rhootlng , Is In jail and will bo taken to Oinahti before the grand Jury on Monday. Slxty-llvo Indians as wit nesses will bo taken , also , and they will occupy a special car. Captain H. J. Young , chief of the Indian police , arrested the shooter , who Is u cousin of Captain Young. U. S. Marshal Allen of Omaha was hero and drove ever ty the reservation to learn the particulars. INDIAN LANDS TO BE SOLD. Bids nro to be Opened by the Govern 1 * ment January 1. Nlobrnra , Nob. , Nov. 1-1. From a fitnft Corrospondunt : JamoB Car- voy Is here taking depositions upon the land of deceased Indians. The land of Indians who have dlod on the Pouca and Santco agen cies Is to bo sold by tlio government to the highest bldijors. For the pur pose of certifying to death , Mr. Gar- voy has como and a number of the Indians wore hero yesterday to glvo testimony. There Is some good land In tlio lot nnd somu lively scrambles are al ready on for the choicest acres. Bids are sent to the government nnd will be opened January 1. NEW NIODRARA BRIDGE. Four Spnns are About Finished but Work May be Delayed for Material. Nlobrarn , Neb. , Nov. M. From a Staff Correspondent : The now bridge ever the Nlobrara rlvor six miles from lioro Is fast uoarliig completion under 1 Foreman T. W. Trowbrldgo's super vision. Already three OS-foot spans are done and a fourth will bo llnlsltod the llrst of next week. After that It Is thought that material will delay for como time. Nlobrara Notes. The now brick yard here Is now turning out tlrst clnss pressed blocks of clay nnd at a fast rate. All now machinery has boon put In and It Is thought there Is a good Hold for the 4- output. 4r The mill here Is running full force , turned by the power from Nlobrarn's very Mtparlor artesian well. Twenty- five hundred gallons of water turn out every minute. The NIobrnrn Valley bank hns Just moved Into Its handsome now build ing on Main street. This is a beau tiful structure , two stories high , and mndo of fine fnco brick. The furnl- turo Is as handsome as anything In If. north Nebraska. TYPHOID FEVER AT PILGER August Wagner Dies nnd Three Other Members of the Family nre Sick. Another Case In Town. Pllgor , Nov. II. Special to The Mows : August Wagner , a highly re- ApoctM young man 20 years of ago , died Thursday night of typhoid fever , nftor an Ulnos s of Uiroo weeks. The fimoral will bo hold tomorrow after noon at 1 o'clock from the Methodist Church and Interment will bo In the Pllgor comotory. Three1'others of the family , who live In the eastern part of town , a sister and two brothers , are prostrated with the sumo disease. The father dlod sovornl yenrs ago nnd August has been the nmln support of the family. They own the mill but it hns not boon operated for some tlmo , and bo has boon working at what ho could got to do. Chaa. Kowo Is also sick with typhoid favor , nnd has boon for two weeks. EAGLE KILLED. Mart Mella Kills a Large Grey Eagle Saturday Night. Last Saturday while Mart Molla and a few friends were out hunting coons on the llsand west of Grotna , Mart caw a largo bird perched on n trco which bo thought wns n largo hoot owl. Ho shot at it and brought It to ( Jio ground. But what was his sur prise to find that It was a largo groy oaglo. Ho brought the bird to town Saturday nnd Its wings measured seven fool nnd ono-fourth inch from Up to Up. The eagle Is a bird very rarely seen In this part of Nebraska. Wo bollovo this ono that Sir. .MeJln killed is the first over killed in Sarpy county. The bird was not torn at all t ! by the uliot nnil IH tin elegant spec ! ini'ii of thu imtlonnl eagle. I'atny McDonald piirolmsoil It mid IIIIH until It to Onmliu to n tnxldormlst where Itvll lie inoiintoil. HoslilontB of tliu 1'latto anil Hlkhorn bottoms say that they Imvo noticed a pair of thoHU hitgo lilnlH for Bovcral days Hy ing down there and It Is proHiimod Hint tlio ono Mr. Molla shot was om- of those. Mart has tlio honor of being Ihu llrnt man to over kill an eagle In Western Sarpy. They also got a largo fat coon that nninu night. Tlio hottoin snoms to ho proficient In all hinds of Kami ) thlfl year. A few inoiiUiii ago u largo animal resembling a pnntlior wan soon down the rlvnr mid now thin oaglo. U IH Raid that Ilio hunters of the YollowHtono Gun club , who tire camped on an Inland want of town nro keeping n Bhtirp look out for the niato of the dead onglo , and will try to got It. Hut wo bollovo that Mr. Mollu can root onny , for the tauii'ls will not bo taken from him In a long tlmo , If ovor. ( Jrotna Broo/o. WHAT IS DOING AT FAIRFAX. Greflory County Ploncern Return from Visit to Homo of their Youth. Fairfax. S. 1) . , Nov. 1C. Spoclal to The NOWB : Mr. nnd Mrs. U. N. Plpor rotuniud last evening from tliolr visIt - It to Ohio. This IB tholr first visit to the homo of tholr youth In forty years. Mr. IMpor In ono of Gregory county's oldest settlers , having moved to the county from Wood Lake In the year W. H. Day Is building n Inrgo addi tion to hlB rosldonco. Mrs. M. B. Stnrchor has boon on the olck list for the past Week but Is reported ua bolng much bottor. Among the Sunday visitors from out of town were Mr. Kroil Matoushokand MlBS Sanders , Mr. .lohn Barnes , of Spencer , Nob. , Jndgo Maxnm , nnd Kdltor Armstrong of Butte , Nob. The Francla Croon Co. are here and expect to ontortaln us at the opera HUUBO thin wool ; . KANSAS HAS BACKED DOWN Game Will be Played Saturday With Bender nnd Wilson on the Tenm , Affidavits Sent. Lincoln , Nov. 13. The university of Nebraska and Kansas have settled tholr differences growlngoutof the pro testing by the Jawhawkers of Bender and Wilson , Nebraska players , and the football elevens representing the two Institutions will moot on the gridiron at Lawrence. This happy conclusion to the con troversy was reached after It seemed almost certain that disagreement might load to a permanent rupture of athletic relations. Nebraska's llnal decision was tol- uphoncd to the Kansas board which was that the two Nebraska players charged with professionalism had re futed the allegation In affidavits and that Kansas should withdraw the pro test If the game was to bo played. The board at Lincoln received the following message from Lawrence : "Under the circumstances wo waive objections to playing Homier and Wil son , but still request the affidavits , " In response Nebraska wired as fol lows : "Will come. Affidavits on way. " The Nebraska board has Issued a atnti'inent of the dispute , and hoping for amicable athletic relations In the future. THANKSGIVING TURKEYS HIGH With the Holiday Two Weeks Away the Birds are Now Selling at Twenty Cents a Pound. Omaha , Nov. 10. Judging from present Indications the Thanksglv Ing turkey Is going to cost a little more this year than over before. Although It Is yet a little early In the season to Judge accurately , loca commission men say that all reports Indicate a decided shortage In the supply. A few turkeys are coming In but not In sufficient quantities to lower or prices. With the exception of last season which was a high year for turkeys the birds In the past have usually soli for about 12 cents per pound alive or 1C cents per pound dressed. Las year the supply was short and prices went as high as 18 conta for the Thanksgiving trade. This year , with Thanksgiving al most two weeks off , turkeys are al ready retailing at 20 cents a pound While prices usually increase as Thanksgiving approaches , yet loca commission men are of the opinion that the present prlco la so prohlb Itlvo that It will reduce the demand to such an extent that prices will no advance to more than 22 cents n the most. KANSAS-NEBRASKA GAME IS ON Protesting Jayhawkers Endeavoring to Take Honors from the Corn- buskers Otherwise than Bluff. Lawrence , Kas. , Nov. 14. Spocla to The News : The Kansas-Nobras ka footbnll game Is on this nftornoo before the largest crowd over bofor assembled on the homo grounds t watch n contest of lootball. The Nebraska team and the crow that accompanied H wore given noisy demonstration by the Knim people and fioro Is every IndlcaUoi that the battle will bo hard fough and Interesting. T' The Crackle You Hear the Sign NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY They All Call B. W. Jonas a Wizard For Fair. A GOOD STORY FROM BUTTE How a Man Named Allen and His Bride , Who Were in Butte From Anoka , Were Bothered by the Cruel People at the Oxford Hotel. [ From Momlnv's Dnlly. ] "That man Jonas , " said a commer cial traveler of Lincoln who came In from the north nnd Sundayod in Norfolk , "Is about the best ever in his line of business. He's the follow who stands at the general delivery window at the postolllce and ho Is certainly a wonder. Ho has a repu tation all along the line with the boys nnd If ho isn't Just the best there Is In the state I don't want a cent. "Three weeks ago I came Into Norfolk for the first time. I called at the window and got three letters. Then I wont away and he didn't see mo again until today. I walked Into the office , followed the long line Into place and finally got up to the win- dow. Without a minute's hesitation Mr. Jonas called mo by name nnd said , 'Hero are two letters for you. ' He had never seen mo In his llfo but onco. It had been three weeks in the meantime and thousands of other strangers had passed that window. I bad heard of him on the road among the boys , but I really didn't take much stock In tholr stories. "The boys toll mo that he will pass through n hotel corridor and will spot every man In the room by his "Mght name even men whom bo has 'lover ' seen but once and that in the rush that Is always on at the general delivery department. Why in towns out in the country I have to toll them my name every single week and that nan Is n wizard if there over was one. " One On the Groom. A. II. Winder , n well known trnv- > lor out of Norfolk who soils shoes , 'irlngs a good story from Butte , Nob. ' nst week , on Friday night , there as a imwly married couple up at lutte. Alien was the groom's name ml that was the bride's name too , t a matter of fact , Mr. and Mrs. Mien were up from Anoka nnd had mio to Hutto on their honeymoon. phey stopped at the Oxford -hotel. luring the supper tlmo some of the oys In the corridor thought of a chomo nnd stole the wedding H- .onse which Mr. and Mrs. Allen had carefully rolled up nnd put among tholr lugnagp. A blank paper was ( substituted. Allen , by the way , had forgotten to register when he came In. Along about midnight and the night was cold ono of the travelers who was waiting to take the 'bus for Auoka. was unanimously elected night clerk nnd It appeared to bo clearly Ills duty to go up nnd llml out the man's name so that .ho might bo ac curately registered on the book. Allen wanted to know If he'd have to register that night. "That Is the rule of the house , " said the newly ap pointed night clerk , "and besides there Is some question as to your marriage license. " So Allen came down In the cold , cold air and reg istered. Then ho went to produce his license and drew a blank. Ills face turned pale and ho knew not what to do until the Joke was ex plained nnd It wns called ono on the new married man. LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH She Was Playing With Matches and Her Clothing Caught Fire With Fatal Results. Tobias , Neb. , Nov. 13. Special to The News : A little girl by the name of Eido was playing with matches this morning , when ono of thorn was ig nited , her clothing caught lire and she was so badly burned that she died shortly after. No Wonder He Is Insane. A writer In the Port England Mir ror , a newspaper published by luna tics In an asylum located at Gra- hamstown , South Africa , gives the following reasons for his detention : " 1 met a young widow with n grown stop-daughter and the widow married me. Then my father , who was a widower , met my stepdaughter ter and married her. That made my wife the mother-in-law of her fathor- ln-lnw , and made my step-daughter my mother and my father my stop- son. Then my step-mother the stepdaughter - daughter of my wife , had a spn. That boy was , of course , my brother , because ho was my father's son. Ho was also the son of my wife's step daughter and , therefore , her grand son. That made mo grandfather to my step-mother. Then my wlfo had a son. My mother-in-law , the step sister of my son , is also his grand mother , because he Is her stop-son's hllrt. My father Is the brother-in- law of my child , because bis step sister is my wife. 1 am the brother of my own son , who Is also the child of my stop-grandmother. I am my , i' . { , i , ot'io-.in-law , my wlfo Is my own child's aunt , my son Is my father's nopbow , and I am my own grandfather. Havlicek & Gross1 Store Rob bed of $600. BLOOD HOUNDS ON THE TRAIL. Robbers Traced to the Peyton Ranch , Southwest ofVerdlgre Sheriff Joins the Trailers This Morning at 9 O'clock and Will Help in Search. Crelghton , Neb. , Nov. 1C. Special to The News : Burglars broke into the general merchandise store of Hav licek & Gross at Verdlgro about 2 o'clock Sunday morning and carried oft a lot of valuable goods of the firm. An early estimate of the loss made by the company ds that not less than ? GOO worth of silks and other valuable goods were taken from their shelves. The Oakland bloodhounds were tel egraphed for as soon as the robbery was discovered and they arrived with their trainer yesterday and were at once placed on the trail. The track of the robbers was followed as far as the Peyton ranch , southwest of Verdl gro last night and there the traitors rested up. Deputy Sheriff John L. Burns , who was elected sheriff at the last election , was summoned and left Creighton at an early hour this morning , expecting to Join the posse at tlio Peyton ranch at 9 o'clock , when the search will bo continued and it is hoped to have the thieves apprehended before night. JOHNNIE BENDER WON THE DAY Magnificent Work of Nebraska's Cap tain Saved Defeat and Won Vic tory at Lawrence. Lincoln , Nov. 1C. Johnnlo Bender and his cornhuskors were given a warm greeting when they arrived homo from Kansas and the student body received them with open arras. Captain Bender Is distinctively the here of the university today for It was ho who won Saturday's game against the old time enemy Kansas. The line plunging and the yards gained stand In the .Tayhawkors' favor but Captain Bender saved the day and " nnn mom tbo Nnbrn kn boys return with a no-scoro victory. At ono tlmo Kansas had the ball on the two-yard line and only by a mar velous brace \\.is . the goal kent c'oir. Bender caught a Kansnn who had dashed for sixty yards down the field mil who. It sonmod. hid an Inevitable touchdown bnforo him. With a ( ly ing tackle the husky little Nobrnsknn nailed the runner and saved the day. Again on a trick play , when the game wns nearly done , Bender dashed through the mass of players and made a wonderful run , scoring for his team. Perry of Norfolk alternated at right tackle with Robertson. A Little Loss of strength and flesh , llttlo barking , obstinate cough and a llttlo pain in the chest may not moan galloping consumption , but they are signs that prudence will not neglect. A few doses of Alllen's Lung Balsam cause a free discharge of mucus and so \ loosens the cough. It heals the In flamed air passages and all Its work Is accomplished without a grain of opium. People Believe In It. I It ha been cynically said that any thing can be sold by advertising now- n-dnys. This is not so. 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